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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NATIONAL BOWLING HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$537,840
Total expenses
$627,230
Contributions and grants received
$453,504
Grants paid
$31,928
Program service revenue
$23,196
Investment income
$73,391
Other revenue
-$12,251
Total assets, end of year
$1,451,771
Total liabilities, end of year
$95,011
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,356,760
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$466,836
Management and general expenses
$90,861
Fundraising expenses
$69,533
Program service expenses (Part III)
$466,836

Program services were 74.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $112,496

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $341,008

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $32,479

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MUSEUM ADMISSIONS

    total $23,196 · related or exempt $23,196

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $73,391 · excluded $73,391

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $89,390

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $112,496

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $132,674

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$43,284 · excluded -$43,284

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $24,020

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $5,000

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $19,020 · excluded $19,020

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $19,835

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $7,835

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $12,000 · related or exempt $12,000

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $13 · related or exempt $13

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $13

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $31,928 · program services $31,928

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $134,930 · program services $67,464 · management and general $33,733 · fundraising $33,733

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,427 · program services $3,099 · management and general $885 · fundraising $443

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $60,712 · program services $30,356 · management and general $15,178 · fundraising $15,178

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,831 · program services $4,915 · management and general $2,458 · fundraising $2,458

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $93 · management and general $93

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,795 · program services $4,699 · management and general $14,096

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $31,287 · program services $29,410 · management and general $1,877

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,212 · program services $10,163 · management and general $2,482 · fundraising $567

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,588 · program services $13,588

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $44,471 · program services $41,358 · management and general $3,113

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,139 · program services $3,225 · management and general $6,367 · fundraising $2,547

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $738 · program services $738

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $193,348 · program services $187,548 · management and general $5,800

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $34,634 · program services $31,171 · management and general $3,463

  • 24a · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $13,763 · fundraising $13,763

  • 24b · Other expenses: EXHIBITS

    total $304 · program services $304

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,030 · program services $6,870 · management and general $1,316 · fundraising $844

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $63,542 · end of year $108,243

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $63,078 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $118,167 · end of year $465,904

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $299,242 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $30,783 · end of year $26,595

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,715 · end of year $4,020

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $3,288,566

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,998,044

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $445,991 · end of year $290,522

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $504,809 · end of year $556,487

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $65,923 · end of year $68,701

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $40,970 · end of year $26,310

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $944,907 · end of year $866,082

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $478,527 · end of year $490,678

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO COLLECT, PRESERVE, AND RESEARCH BOWLING'S HISTORY. THE ORGANIZATION PROUDLY EXHIBITS THE SPORT'S MAJOR HALL OF FAME AND ENCOURAGES THE USE OF THIS HERITAGE BY ALL PARTIES GLOBALLY FOR EDUCATION, PROMOTION, AND ENTERTAINMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO COLLECT, PRESERVE, AND RESEARCH BOWLING'S HISTORY.

  • THE MUSEUM'S PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO COLLECT PRESERVE AND EXHIBIT THE 5,000 YEAR OLD HISTORY OF BOWLING. THE COLLECTION AND EXHIBITS ARE UTILIZED TO EDUCATE ABOUT THE SPORT'S HISTORY, TO TEACH MATHEMATICS CONCEPTS, AND TO TEACH SOCIAL HISTORY. THE COLLECTION PROVIDES A WINDOW ON SOCIAL HISTORY BY PROVIDING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS TO MANY HISTORIANS, WRITERS, AND MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES

    Expenses $466,836 · Grants $31,928 · Revenue $35,209

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mike Aulby

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lori Mraz

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chris Chartrand

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeff Boje

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jay Buhl

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Terry Brenneman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daroll Frewing

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Corey Dykstra

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Simon Shearer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tom Clark

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hans Krol

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Barb Chrisman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Frank Desocio

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503169349302255

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